Miguel Torres said the Tristar Gym where he’s gone for virtually every fight camp in his recent career is usually packed.

These days, it’s a traffic jam. He estimates there are at least five fighters training for the upcoming UFC 154, which takes place Nov. 17 in Montreal, and another 10 fighting in gym head Firas Zahabi’s new event 13 days later. Another 10 or 12 are competing elsewhere.

Hence, Zahabi wasn’t available to corner Torres for his next fight, which takes place Saturday at World Series of Fighting 1.

Torres (40-5) meets Marlon Moraes (8-4-1) on the five-bout main card of the event, which takes place at Las Vegas’ Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino and airs on NBC Sports Network.

Torres said upcoming Bellator lightweight title challenger Rick Hawn will pick up the slack in addition to two trainers who have helped him every day in preparation for the fight.

Torres previously briefly trained with Moraes at the Blackzilians camp in South Florida. Moraes comes into the bout with two recent wins under his belt, and said winning is just a matter of staying smart.

Attempts at a more tactical approach to fighting have met with mixed results for the ex-WEC champ. Torres’ UFC debut against Antonio Banuelos ended in a lackluster decision win, and he split a pair of bouts before suffering a vicious knockout against Michael McDonald, which preceded his exit from the promotion.

Torres has excelled at submissions earlier in his career, which might give him a basis to take Moraes to the ground. But the veteran said he doesn’t necessarily need to do that to win.

“I’m going to stand with this guy,” Torres on Thursday told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). “I’m going to fight smart. I just can’t run and try the takedown. He knows I’m going to try to bring the fight to the ground. But for sure, I’m going to stand with him and engage him standing.

“(I’m going to be) a lot smarter than my last fight. I’m not going to bring out the old, crazy Miguel Torres. I’ve trained with him before, so I know where he’s dangerous. So I’ve just got to avoid those things and be make him be impatient and press forward. Then he makes mistakes that way.”

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